June 2007 - Posts

25 June 2007
Usability: Build better software with naive testers

It's 1:00 AM in the morning. I have spent several hours trying to debug a major issue on the image synchronization service of our product. An issue so trivial I am clueless where to look-up into. Is it on the windows service deployed on web server, or on the windows forms CRM module, or on stored... Read More...

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Filed under: usability and design, build better software

21 June 2007
SqlServer: Return Random Records in T-Sql, the GUID way.

In one of the website I have developed, we feature random products displayed on a webpart. This can be done several ways either of the code behind or via t-sql but I think the simplest way to do it is via t-sql with the help of Guid columns. Globally Unique Identifier or GUID is a randomly generated... Read More...

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Filed under: .NET, sql server , how to, stored procedures, sql, sequel server

21 June 2007
.NET: Updated: Simple and Stupid BackgroundWorker Example

I was very busy the past weeks, I cannot imagine I could make it not to code for several days, been a carpenter, janitor, messenger and everything hehe. But I'm here again now. Let me start this out with this stupid sample I just given to one of my junior developer. BackgroundWorker is a special... Read More...

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Filed under: .NET, windows forms, C#, threading, backgroundworker